Devens v. Goldberg

33 Cal.2d 173 (1948)

KATHERINE DEVENS, Appellant,

v.

JOSEPH GOLDBERG, Respondent.

S. F. No. 17735.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Dec. 7, 1948.

Melvin M. Belli, Henry G. Sanford, Van H. Pinney and Lou Ashe for Appellant.

George C. Faulkner, R. Edward Burton and Wilkie C. Courter for Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

Plaintiff brought this action for personal injuries sustained in the scope of her duties while employed by defendant in his home as a part- time cleaning woman. There were no eyewitnesses to the accident, and plaintiff, suffering from retrograde amnesia, was unable to remember anything about…